Human Resources: General eBulletin for the Week of March 5, 2007

Week of March 5, 2007

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Benefits

Help for the Overworked
Imagine getting a call at work from home that your daughter is sick and needs medication ... right away. Tillie Hidalgo Lima explains how a younger workforce is changing priorities.

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Compensation

Retirement Benefits or a High Salary?
Would an employee choose a higher salary over impressive retirement benefits? Transamerica Retirement asked and shares some surprising answers.

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Human Resources Management

Delivering Bad News To Your People
The best leaders believe that earnings problems shouldn't show up at the doorstep unannounced.

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Labor Relations

Executive Summary: Internal Communication
Recognizing that internal communication is more important than ever, organizations have invested in new information technologies and raised the profile of their communication professionals. Despite these efforts, however, an array of factors continues to hinder effective communication in many companies.

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Legal

Immigration Issues That Are Below The Radar
Immigration was a very hot topic throughout 2006, and there's no sign that's going to change in 2007, explains M. Lee Smith Publishers.

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Organizational Development

Live up to HR's role as a Strategic Partner
Live up to your HR organization's role as a long term Strategic Partner by making specific plans for change, says KnowledgeSum Corporate Communications.

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Performance Management

Strengthening the Critical Core: Tapping the Potential of Middle Managers to Achieve High Performance
A recent survey conducted by Accenture a survey of nearly 1,500 middle managers in the U.S., parts of Europe and countries in Asia, it found that most middle managers are feeling the stresses of heavy workloads.

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Executive Coaching

Skills To Becoming The Most Effective Listener
It is said that more than 60% of all problems that exist among people, and within businesses is a result of faulty communication. Keith Rosen has tips on how to lend your best ear.

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Leadership

Thought Leader Interview with Jim Kouzes: A Leader's Legacy - What
Really Matters
Jim Kouzes has found great success in uncovering The Leadership Challenge, now, he is stepping away from the microscope to reflect. Jim shares his thoughts from his latest book A Leader's Legacy that reflect on the leadership lessons he has learned over the past 25 years.

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HR Measurements and Metrics

Two Ways To Improve Employee Retention and Engagement: Respect & Dealing With Poor Performance
Employees who do not feel treated with respect by their employers are more than three times more likely to intend to leave their jobs within two years than those who feel they are treated respectfully, according
to Sirota Survey Intelligence and the authors of The Enthusiastic Employee.

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Staffing and Recruitment

How an MBA Assists HR's New Strategic Role
Pursuing an MBA will guarantee you the skill set needed to function in HR's new strategic role.

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Workforce Acquisition

Surviving the Talent War: Evolution or Extinction?
Over the past two decades, both the focus and range of an HR division's responsibilities have shifted significantly. Robert A. Chamberlain, Jr. weighs in on the changing duties of HR and how they need to perform with fewer resources and increased competition for qualified job candidates.

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HR Outsourcing

How to Manage Multiple Staffing Vendors
According to the Human Capital Institute, there are about 12 million contingent workers in North America, representing a roughly $75 billion industry. How do you manage such a workforce? Veritude takes a look at some options.

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HRIS/ERP

New Study On Automated Benefits Management Finds HRIS Key
An Aberdeen Group Benchmark finds best of class organizations who embrace automated solutions to optimize benefit costs, communicate a greater range of benefit choices and reduce routine administrative tasks.

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Training and Development

An Educational Process for Change and Improvement Efforts
How does a management team establish a change and improvement plan? Jim Clemmer takes a look at the best approaches for change.

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TARGET PAY: A Practical Alternative to Dysfunctional Merit Programs
Traditional merit programs are an ineffective means of driving and rewarding performance, have to be circumvented to pay what it takes to retain top performers, and are considered an "entitlement" by the vast majority of all employees. Target Pay is a practical alternative that focuses on what an employee should be paid, not just how much of an
increase he or she should receive.

Date: March 14, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenter: Barry MacLean, PayScale, Inc.

7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave
Leigh Branham's presentation will offer insights into why conventional exit interviewing doesn't work to uncover what research reveals as the root causes, of employee disengagement and turnover, and what organizations can do to fight the root causes while holding managers more accountable for keeping their employees engaged.

Date: March 22, 2007
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 PM ET
Presenters:
Amanda Kowal Kenyon, Stromberg Consulting
Leigh Branham, Keeping the People, Inc.

Using Assessments to Reduce Unwanted Turnover
Pre-employment assessments are designed to be not only a screening tool, but also a workforce development solution for employees post-hire. Learn practical and useful information from a hands-on leader in this field. Dr. Nemeroff will discuss hiring challenges in a tight labor market, how to use assessments to identify the right candidates, and strategies to minimize the financial impact of bad hires on profits.

Date: March 27, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters:
Wayne Nemeroff, PsyMax Solutions
Shari Fryer, Shari Fryer & Associates

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How to Create High Performance Pay
We have looked at 'fair pay' and 'competitive pay' but surely organizations can go one step better than that. In this webinar the well-liked reward gurus Jay Schuster and Pat Zingheim look at how to create pay that drives high performance.

Date: March 12, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Presenters:
Jay Schuster, Schuster-Zingheim and Associates Inc.
David Creelman, Creelman Research
Pat Zingheim, Schuster-Zingheim and Associates Inc.

Trust Your Gut: How the Power of Intuition Can Grow Your Business -
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Trust Your Gut is a guide for those who need to know how to access and use their intuition.

By: Lynn A. Robinson

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